Writing Letters to Troops

A service project with several clubs in the division

BySueCummins

At the May 4th Key Club meeting, the Kiwanis Club President and the Kiwanis Advisor to the Key Club honored the 2022-23 Key Club President, Payton Rettig, with this sign to place in the front yard of her home. Payton has served her K-Family and fellow students so well over her four years as a Key Club member. During this past year as Key Club President, she set the bar high for her fellow members by logging in the most hours of service in the club, with 65 hours! In addition, she spent at least that much time performing the duties of her officer position. She was a strong leader for her officer team, making sure they were on top of their duties, envisioning and implementing new projects and activities, and being pro-active in getting things done. The Key Club was lucky to have her as their leader! Congratulations, Payton, on a job well done. The Kiwanis Club of Tigard is pleased to honor you in this way.

It was a beautiful, sunny Saturday morning in May when 4 Kiwanis members & 1guest, joined 4 Key Clubbers to clean up the roads around Sherwood Middle School. This is the two clubs’ official Adopt-A-Road location, which we which is supposed to be cleaned twice-a-year.

While this philosophy may be tempting… it can also get a bit boring after a while!

In July, just about the time members may want to throw away their “do nothing” list, the club will be organizing teams of students to go around town to ask for support for the

. Get a head start on next year’s service records and help out a VERY WORTHY cause! You’ll be invited to participate through the club communication system.

To find out more about the Kiwanis organization you can check out the following website or connect with the club officers:

• Kiwanis Club of Tigard https://k05921.site.kiwanis.org/ (There is a “Contact Us” tab on this site which will allow you to connect with the Tigard club)

• President Robert Bell bellfam2012@gmail.com

• President-Elect Frank Morehouse frank.beth@comcast.net

• Vice President Bill Pennell bpennell@earthlink.net

• Secretary Sue Cummins cummins@sonic.net

• Treasurer Mike McClain mikel_mcc@msn.com

• Past Pres George Deibert georgerdeibert@gmail.com

• Pacific Northwest Kiwanis District https://www.kiwanispnw.org

• Kiwanis International https://www.kiwanis.org